Re: [Groff] Number registers

[andlabs]

OK, I figured it out - it was the wrapper for another of the macros that
overwrote ms.


andlabs wrote:
> 
> Actually, it turns out this isn't the error. :-( Weird. I'll figure it out
> soon.
> 
> 
> andlabs wrote:
>> 
>> Great, thanks. Then that isn't the source of my problem:
>> 
>> x.troff:11: fatal error: input stack limit exceeded (probable infinite
>> loop)
>> 
>> But I just figured it out: ms requires .TL before anything else (and
>> after .RP). The way I have the code starts with something that is not
>> .TL. And thus, the above error. :-( I guess I'll just give a .RP, then a
>> .TL, then an .AU, then the rest of the doc.
>> 
>> 
>> Nick Stoughton wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:44 -0700, andlabs wrote:
>>>> Hello. I'm working with code that amends to ms' PP. The code uses a
>>>> number
>>>> register 1t - that is the number 1 followed by lowercase t. First, is
>>>> such
>>>> an identifier legal in groff? Second, what happens if a register is not
>>>> defined with .nr and used with \n(xx - would it be 0 or would it be an
>>>> error?
>>> 
>>> Yes and 0! It took all of about 15 seconds to test:
>>> 
>>> $ nroff << END
>>> .nr a 1
>>> .nr 1t 2
>>> this is the value of a: \na and this is the value of b: \nb. Did you see
>>> it?
>>> and this is the value of 1t: \n[1t]
>>> END
>>> 
>>> produces
>>> 
>>> this  is the value of a: 1 and this is the value of b: 0. Did you
>>> see it?  and this is the value of 1t: 2
>>> -- 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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